Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 11:35:35 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@suscom.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Printing MAN pages Message-ID: <43206857.1010803@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.63.0509081012070.3172@Treneq.frvorepbz.arg> References: <Pine.WNT.4.63.0509081012070.3172@Treneq.frvorepbz.arg>
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Gerard Seibert wrote: > I am trying to figure out how to print 'man' pages. If I try a simple > redirect, such as: "man foo > foo.txt" the new file is loaded > with control symbols, etc. that are not really printable. I want to > save the files if possible, and print them out at a later date. It > that is not possible, how would I go about printing them out in real > time? > And if you don't care about PostScript, (think this is in the FAQ or fortune or some such); man foo | col -bx > foo.txt HTH, Kevin Kinsey
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